This is a special Pirates team: Teboho Moloi

Orlando Pirates legend, Teboho Moloi, is of the view that the current Bucs team is the most special Pirates team of all time.

He’s also calling for outgoing coach, José Riveiro, to be given a special farewell as his exit looms.

The current Pirates team, under Riveiro’s guidance, has already won five trophies since the Spaniard arrived in July 2022.

They are also on the cusp of winning an unprecedented quadruple as they are still in the race for the Betway Premiership. They’re also in the Nedbank Cup final and in the semifinals in the CAF Champions League, having already defended the MTN earlier in the season.

“I’ve always said that this [the current team] is a special group and I emphasise that,” Moloi said on the sidelines of an event to officially launch SuperSportBET as a betting partner of Pirates and their bitter rivals Kaizer Chiefs at FNB Stadium yesterday.

“They’re different from our treble [winning] team, different from the double treble [winning] team [between 2010 and 2012], different from the team that reached the Champions League and Confed Cup finals [in 2013 and 2015 respectively, albeit they also reached the Confed Cup final in 2022],” he added.

Pirates have already confirmed that Riveiro will leave at the end of the season and Moloi foresees the incumbent coach being the first Bucs coach to get a special send-off.

Pirates’ next game is the Champions League semifinals first leg against Pyramids of Egypt at FNB Stadium on Saturday (6pm). Written by Ntsako Mkhari